Check-protector



B. G. COBB. `CHECK PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21.1818.

vI,369,1:00. Patented Feb. 22,1921.

BERTBAM G. COBB, 0F INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

CHECK-PROTECTQR.

Speciiicaton of Letters Patent. Patented Feb 22, 1921.

Application filed February 21, 1918. Serial No. 218,501.

'/'o all' /w/wm t may concern:

Be 1t known that l, BERTRAM Gr. Conn, a

citizen ci? the United States, residing at' Independence, in the county oi' Montgon'iery and the State oi kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Check-13rd,

tectors, oi' which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in check protectors in which a. metal, or other composition, cutter is used in connection with a specially printed check; and the 0bject ot my improvement is to furnish check users with a simpler and more effective means oi" protecting their checks against being raised to a higher'denomination than that i'or which they were originally drawn.

fl .attain this object by the mechanism and the printed check illustrated in the acc-01npanying drawing in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the cutter, Fig. 2 is a view of the printed check and F ig. 3 is a View oi the cutter in place on the check pad with a check in place tor protecting.

Eyiinilar letters refer to similar throughout the several views.

parts rThe cutter or marker as shown by Fig. l is comprised of thin metal or other composltion and is formed so as to have a base a, and a relatively narrow L-shaped tongue or lug b, of suitable size to fit over the* end of the pad of checks as shown in Fig. 3. The 'lree end of the lug pointed as shown at l). vFhis part being not more than three quarters of vaninch long so as not to interfere with turningbaclrthe check stubs.

.rlong the topl ci' the checlr7 Fig. 2, is a series ci 'igures representing amounts of et money to be used as maximum amounts which are to be indicated'by the cutter as corresponding with the amounts written in the body Voi? the checks. The series of ig ures may be varied and the line or' printed information below the ligures may be changed, but the arrangement must be preserved so as t0 coperate with thev action of the cutter.

The process of protecting a check consists of inserting the scheduled edge of check unf der-the point oi the cutter as shown in Fig.

3, pressing the point of the cutter down with check protectors have been made whichrequire the use ot a metal or other cutter for the purpose of facilitating the tearing off ot certain portions of the' check or stub, thereof. l therefore do not claim such a combination broadlypbut I claim:

'1. The combination with a check book of af check cutter including a base plate having a relatively narrow substantially L- shaped tongue secured at the end of one arm tosaid plate with its other armoverlying said plate and provided at its free end with pointed check cutting element, said plate and tongue embracing the bound portion of the stubs oi the check book whereby said stubs constitute a support for and maintain a detached check in engagement with the cutting element. A i

2. A device 4of the class describe@v corn- .prisirg a flat elongated plate having an integral tongue carried by one longitudinal edge midway its length, said tongue extending at right angles from said'l edge and then extending forwardly over said plate in a plane parallel therewith, the free end of said tongue projectingl forwardly and beingl pointed to forni a check cutting element BERTRAM G. COBB. 

